Sustainability
How Malaysia’s plastics industry keeps materials in use and out of nature.
Three decades of plastics sustainability
MPMA’s sustainability work began in 1992 with the Plastics Waste Management Task Force. Since then MPMA has run programmes and activities every year, from national anti-littering campaigns to pellet loss prevention and design challenges for the next generation.
- Address the misconceptions about plastics, and the safety and health of plastics
- Promote the 3Rs, and that plastics are recyclable
- Create awareness of good waste management
What MPMA does for a circular plastics industry
Operation Clean Sweep®
Keep plastic pellets, flakes and powder out of rivers and seas. MPMA is the sole OCS partner in Malaysia.
Global Alliances
Global Plastics Alliance (GPA), the ASEAN Federation of Plastic Industries (AFPI) and the Asia Plastics Forum (APF).
ESG
What ESG means for plastics manufacturers, the frameworks that apply, and MPMA’s ESG programmes.
Design for Plastics Circularity Challenge
University students design real-world solutions for a circular future for plastics.
How the work has grown
- 1992
Plastics Waste Management Task Force
MPMA forms a task force to look into plastics waste management in Malaysia.
- 2012
“Don’t Be A Litterbug” campaign
A national media and PR campaign to drive the anti-littering message across the country.
- 2022
Operation Clean Sweep® launched
MPMA launches OCS in Malaysia on 8 December 2022, as the sole partner in the country.
- 2024
First Design for Plastics Circularity Challenge
With Dow, UKM and USM: over 50 ideas submitted and 10 finalist teams.
- 2026
Plastics Forward: Sustainability Month
Four free webinars in November on the rules that are changing for plastics.